Pioneers from the East (Sing Family)

2015 | Documentary Short | 13 mins

KLRU’s oral history series “Austin Revealed: Pioneers from the East” profiles three of the earliest Chinese American families to settle in Central Texas.

The Sing Family episode features Mary Frances Aguallo and her grandson Raul Aguallo Hernandez, and the discovery of a lost box in an attic that reconnected them to their rich, multi-layered family history.

Watch:
Lung Family – 11 minutes
Sing Family – 13 minutes
Wong Family – 14 minutes